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ALWT already have Pumpjet Propulsion, but light weight torpedo design have its own power restrictions.

Also, I have seen a post above about Takshak, Takshak is EHWT, originally a sub-launched variant of Varunashtra, but with uprated 330kW battery (if my info is right) and have no relation with Shakti Thermal Torpedo that has power output of 500kW. There's no new info about Shakti or Takshak. But we will hear more about Takshak in near future.
You heard of any drdo missile/guided munition program with this acronym " FCEMA " ?

It seems to be in advanced stages of development.
 

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You heard of any drdo missile/guided munition program with this acronym " FCEMA " ?

It seems to be in advanced stages of development.
AFAIK this is regarding design of a miniature Servo Controller for a Flow Control Actuator in aerodynamics interfaces of missiles. Might be wrong.
 

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๐Ÿ”ด The Chinese globel times news. Chines helicopter shoot down by unknown Indian EMP (Electro magnetic pulse weapon) busted .


Is this true ???
The English used here is soooooo incredible that it has to be a pork who wrote this๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜‘
 

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I know about a missile test which will happen in a month,but not sharing... because I don't know,it will be right to share or not
Please don't share if you have any such information.

please only share information that is available on the open internet and for public knowledge only.

I think I know which missile test you are talking about :megusta:
 

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Pump Jet Propulsion research Of DRDO. Accidentally found from my laptop


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Test setup for the wake survey of LWB body model fitted with PJP

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Schematic diagram of LWB fitted with PJP

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LWB fitted with PJP.

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LWB model ailieghned in the test section

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Schematic diagram for instrumentation and test setup for LEB model fitted with PJP.
Are you admin of FB page "Next generation weapons technology"?
 

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Indian Army orders 200 robots to defuse explosives
Tirupati: Robotics scientist and IIT-Delhi professor, Dr Subir Kumar Saha, speaking at the 104th Indian Science Congress here on Saturday, said that India has progressed a lot in robotics. He said that the Indian Army has placed an order for the manufacture of 200 robots to defuse explosives.


Dr Saha said that DRDO has developed Daksh, a robot that can defuse bombs. โ€œOrders have been placed with three companies for production of 200 robots. The remotely operated vehicle Daksh, designed and developed by the Research and Development Establi-shment (Engineers) of DRDO, is useful for bomb disposal units of the army, police and paramilitary forces,โ€ he said. He said a treadmill-like walking simulator has also been developed and given to the Secunderabad Army Training Centre.
 

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DRDO offers two options to develop an Indian light tank

The ministry of defence (MoD) last month fast-tracked the emergency purchase of light tanks to counter possible attacks by over 20,000 Chinese troops poised on the Ladakh border along with tanks, artillery, air defence guns and road construction units. To eliminate the costly and time-consuming import of light tanks, the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) has developed plans for building an indigenous light tank for use in mountains and in jungle terrain. Arrayed on the Ladakh border is the Peopleโ€™s Liberation Armyโ€™s (PLAโ€™s) new light tank, the small, agile and versatile ZTQ 105 โ€“ also known as the Type 15 tank. To counter these, Indiaโ€™s Ladakh garrison has just three tank regiments with a total of 150 old T-72 medium tanks. Weighing a hefty 42 tonnes, the T-72 is designed for the plains; movement on mountain roads is slow and often impossible. Given the limited elevation and depression of its heavy gun, the T-72 cannot engage targets on hilltops and in valleys. In contrast, the Indian army has used light tanks to great effect in the mountains. In 1944, it used Stuart and Sherman tanks in the battle of Kohima. In 1948 these same tanks pushed back Pakistan forces in the Zojila pass. Against China in 1962, the army used light AMX-13 tanks in the battle of Gurung Hill near Pangong Tso and also deployed them in Bomdila and Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh. In the 1971 Bangladesh campaign, French AMX-13 and Soviet PT-76 tanks played a stellar role in the battle of Garibpur. Business Standard learns the DRDO has short-listed two options for developing an indigenous light tank within 18 months. Both these involve marrying the DRDOโ€™s tank development expertise created while developing the Arjun tank, with the defence manufacturing capability of companies such as Larsen & Toubro that are already building the K9 Vajra self-propelled gun system. The first option involves creating a 34-35 tonne tank by fitting a 105 millimetre Cockerill gun turret onto a K-9 Vajra hull, powered by a 1,000 horsepower MTU engine optimised for high altitudes. DRDO sources say this hybrid tank could go into production within 18 months. The DRDOโ€™s second option retains the K-9 Vajra hull and MTU engine, but matched with the gun turret of the T-90S tank that the army already uses. This 38-tonne tank would also require 18 months for going into production. Larsen & Toubro is assembling the K-9 Vajra under licence from South Korea and will deliver its current order by next year. If the K-9 Vajra chassis is to form the basis for an Indian light tank, it would have to extend that licence. The DRDO is confident that either of these hybrid tanks would be better options than what the MoD is considering buying: the Russian Sprut SDM1. They point out that the Sprut is a tank destroyer with old technology and that no other country has bought it. Since the Russian military has bought only 24 Spruts, it is not in regular production, making it hard to meet early delivery schedules and Russia would have to be approached for spares, overhaul and future upgrades. The DRDO has earlier attempted to develop light tanks, but there was never any real interest from the army. In the 1980s, the DRDO integrated the chassis of the Soviet BMP-1 infantry combat vehicle with a 105 millimetre gun, but the army was not interested. Next, the DRDO mounted a French GIAT TS-90 turret and a 105 millimetre gun on the BMP chassis, which the Ordnance Factory Board was building in Odisha. Again the army was indifferent and the project was shelved. In 2009, the armyโ€™s interest in light tanks was renewed with the sanction of two armoured brigades for high altitude operations alongside the mountain strike corps. The army issued a request for information (RFI) in 2009, but eventually T-72 tanks were deemed adequate and the RFI was abandoned. Now, there is fresh interest with the possibility of encountering the PLAโ€™s new ZTQ 105 light tank, built by Chinaโ€™s North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO) and unveiled during the Zhuhai Air Show in 2016. The ZTQ 105 has a 105 millimetre rifled gun that can destroy tanks at ranges of three kilometres and can fire anti-tank guided missiles that knock out tanks at ranges of 5 kilometres.
 

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